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I think the quartz sand metaphor was to illustrate how advanced our silicon-based technology has become, not just the ML parts. Imagine all the stuff... transi
by hnfong 3y ago
I think the quartz sand metaphor was to illustrate how advanced our silicon-based technology has become, not just the ML parts.
Imagine all the stuff... transistors, Turing/Von Neumann machines, lithography, theoretical computer science, OS and compilers, the Internet... and lastly there's modern day machine learning that builds on top of all the above.
The base level stuff isn't exactly protons and electrons, but given the nanometer scale of our chips, it's not that far away from the truth, and we (humanity) has somehow built amazing stuff on top of that.
- arlcode 3y agoThe basic of concept how such a thing is powered (electricity) is so far removed from anything people did in ancient times that it would be hard to get them to understand that neither gods nor magic are invovled. Smart "intellectual" people would certainly be willing to challenge basically everything they assume about nature, but I don't think your run of the mill farmer would be able to do that.
- adastra22 3y agoWell we are wizards who speak in arcane languages to thinking rocks to convince them to do our bidding. We speak to golems.
- hattmall 3y agoElectricity isn't much different from water. The concept of a water mill has been around a long time. So understanding the functional ideas wouldn't be all that difficult. As far as Gods I think you will have a tough case minimizing their involvement even today.
- ahazred8ta 3y agoIt's simple, really; we flatten the rock, write on it with fire and acid, put lightning inside it, teach it many things, and make it speak to us from afar. See? No magic at all.